Buying or selling a business

As an employee, it can be very unsettling when the company you work for is part of a take-over. But what should you do if your company is involved in a change of ownership, and your employment will potentially be… Read on

Employers will welcome the proposals for new, less burdensome rules relating to staff on a transfer of business, due to become effective mid-January 2014. The measures are currently only proposals, but we report on them now because they are potentially… Read on

A recent government consultation exercise suggested that the Government planned to remove provisions within the Transfer of Undertakings regulations which confirmed that ‘TUPE’ protection rights did apply in a contracting situation. However following consultation, it has been decided that the… Read on

The Appeal Tribunal has recently decided that the directors of a charity did not transfer under TUPE when the service was taken in-house by the local authority, even though the local authority had been the charity’s only client.
Before the… Read on

When Hillside House, a residential care home for vulnerable adults was closed, and residents re-housed into their own homes, 12 of Hillside’s former care workers brought Employment Tribunal claims for unfair dismissal and various salary related payments.
The Employment Appeal… Read on

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that it will be unlawful to dismiss an employee simply to make a business more attractive for a purchaser, even when no purchaser has been identified.
In this case, Spaceright Europe Ltd had dismissed… Read on

The Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that employees will transfer under TUPE in pre-pack administrations.
This had been called into question not so long ago by the same court (Oakland v Wellswood (Yorkshire) Ltd).
In pre-pack administrations, the asset… Read on

Employers hate the detailed information and consultation requirements which need to be followed when a business sale or purchase involves staff transferring under TUPE. This is usually because of the unsettling effect it can have on staff, particularly when the… Read on